Jacob's Ladder kabbalistic allegory in Russian literature

Focusing primarily on the close study of literary works presented in the broad cultural and historical context, Jacob's Ladder discusses the reflection of kabbalistic allegory in Russian literature and provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the perception of Kabbalah in Russian consci...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Aptekman, Marina, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press 2011.
Series:Borderlines (Boston, Mass.)
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745274906719
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Kabbalah Then and Now: a Historical Perspective
  • A Quest For Moral Perfection: Kabbalistic Allegory in Eighteenth-Century Đœasonic Literature
  • Knowledge Hidden In Letters: Alchemic Kabbalah and Russian Romantic Literature
  • In the Beginning Was the Word: Magical Kabbalah, the Occult Revival, and the Linguistic Mysticism of the Silver Age
  • Modernism and Kabbalah: Linguistic Mysticism in the Literary Doctrine of the Russian Silver Age
  • Conclusion
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index.